Applying for grants for paths on either side of Second Street

6:50 PM,
Oct. 9, 2013

The Clarksville Greenway accessed from Pollard Road off Peacher's Mill Road in North Clarksville.

Written by

Lester Black
Leaf-Chronicle

The city may be even closer to providing a safe walking and cycling trail between Heritage and McGregor parks if the city's Parks & Recreation Department wins two grant applications it is in the process of completing.

The first grant would fund a connection between the Fort Defiance Trail and Trice Landing Park, and the second would build a trail along Kraft Street that could eventually connect to the Greenway if the city builds a planned pedestrian bridge.

The Parks & Recreation Department is in the final stages of applying for grants for the two projects, totaling $1.8 million, with the ...